IITKGP

Research Areas

The present focus of my research group is DNS and LES of compressible wall-bounded flows with and without shocks and compressible round jets.Also we are working on LES of combustion in compressible flows.
  • Invariants of the velocity gradient tensor in a spatially developing compressible round jet by Thaker P., Mathew J. , Ghosh S. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 971 - (2023)
  • Effects of radiative heat transfer on the turbulence structure in inert and reacting mixing layers by Somnath Ghosh and Rainer Friedrich Physics of Fluids vol 27, issue 5 - (2015)
  • Application of bandwidth optimized WENO schemes to DNS of shock-turbulence interaction problems by Kumar S., Ghosh S. Shock Waves 62 69-102 (2022)
  • Large-eddy simulation of compressible flow in asymmetric and symmetric planar nozzles by Kumar S., Ghosh S. AIAA Journal 59 506-525 (2021)
  • LES of supersonic minimal channel flow between isothermal walls at different temperatures including thermal radiation effects using a fictitious gray gas by Baro U., Mahapatra S. , Ghosh S. , Friedrich R. Physics of Fluids 30 - (2018)
  • Compressible turbulent channel and pipe flow: similarities and differences by S. Ghosh, H. Foysi, and R. Friedrich Journal of Fluid Mechanics vol 648 - (2010)
  • Large-eddy simulation of shock turbulence interaction in supersonic diffuser flows by Mahapatra S., Kumar S. , Sinhamahapatra K. P., Ghosh S. Journal of Turbulence 18 - (2017)
  • Effects of distributed pressure gradients on the pressure-strain correlations in a supersonic nozzle and diffuser by Somnath Ghosh and Rainer Friedrich Journal of Fluid Mechanics vol 742 466-494 (2014)

Principal Investigator

  • DNS and LES of compressible, turbulent round jets Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
  • DNS and LES of compressible, turbulent round jets Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)

Ph. D. Students

Deshpande Sanat Anant

Area of Research: DNS/LES of compressible flows

Mansi Babbar

Area of Research: DNS/LES of compressible flows

Priyakshi Goswami

Area of Research: Computational Fluid Dynamics

Rahatgaonkar Asmita Milind

Area of Research: Flapping Aerodynamics

Soumik Chakraborty

Area of Research: DNS/LES of compressible flows